On Oct 11, 2013, at 16:14 , Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Folks, don't know how many of you are aware of the "iBeacon" Apple >>> incorporated into iOS7, it's really cool and going to revolutionize the way >>> we shop. >> >> I vote uncool. > > There are plenty of cool ways this low-power Bluetooth will be used. One I > read about a while back is companies like Disney will scatter Bluetooth > receivers all over their theme parks and give low-power Bluetooth bracelets > to kids entering the park. Using these, lost kids can quickly be tracked > down. As a parent who once "misplaced" a 10-year-old at Disney World, I wish > they'd had this eight years ago.
Sure enough there will be useful usages. My feeling is, however, that once the marketing people get their fingers in the pie (and they will, since it seems that our economy is based solely on advertising), we will mostly witness negative uses. Perhaps the rare positive uses will outweigh the bounty of negative uses, perhaps not. Bill
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